Table 7.

Effect of dietary astaxanthin (ASTA) addition on lipid metabolism in the liver.

Items	ASTA levels/(mg/kg)				SEM	P value
	0	25	50	100		Linear	Quadratic
HDL-C (mmol/gprot)	0.024c	0.032b	0.039a	0.033b	0.0014	<0.01	<0.01
LDL-C (mmol/gprot)	0.0098	0.0089	0.0087	0.0089	0.0005	0.58	0.61
TG (mmol/gprot)	0.083	0.082	0.083	0.082	0.0013	0.91	0.98
TC (mmol/gprot)	0.044	0.046	0.048	0.045	0.0013	0.61	0.43
VLDL-C (mmol/gprot)	0.030	0.030	0.040	0.033	0.0036	0.57	0.66

^a-cMeans within a row with no common superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; VLDL-C, very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.